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Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy to conduct Second Edition of Mumbai Heritage Run on 06 Aug ‘23
Mumbai, 4 August 2023
The Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy proudly announces the 2nd edition of the Indian Navy Mumbai Heritage Run-2023. The event will take place on Sunday, 06 August 2023, bringing together participants from all walks of life to celebrate and promote the rich legacy of the South Mumbai Heritage district and a healthy lifestyle. South Mumbai Heritage District is known for its striking architectural beauty, characterized by historical precincts and structures that showcase an exceptional blend of neo-Gothic landscapes.
As custodians of some of the oldest standing structures in the city, the Indian Navy takes great pride in preserving and popularising Mumbai's heritage. The Indian Navy Mumbai Heritage Run-2023 serves as a platform to encourage participants to explore the heritage district fostering a deeper connection with the city's historical past, promoting a sense of pride and ownership among the citizens and in the process creating a memorable experience for participants and spectators alike.
The first edition of the Indian Navy Mumbai Heritage Run was conducted on 13 August 2022 that brought together heritage and fitness enthusiasts alike. The event garnered immense popularity with an impressive 5000+ registrations. The run took participants on a captivating journey through the city covering 37 heritage sites along the route. The event culminated at the iconic Gateway of India, where participants had the opportunity to admire and unwind in proximity of this iconic symbol of Mumbai.
Over 6,500 runners from across all age groups have registered for this edition of Indian Navy Mumbai Heritage Run. The run has two distance categories namely 10 Kms - ‘Varuna Run’ and 5 Kms – ‘Samudra Run’.
The meticulously crafted race routes will take runners through time, passing timeless historical sites, architectural marvels and cultural hotspots of South Mumbai. To ensure the safety and enjoyment of all runners, Indian Navy has partnered with professional Race Management Partner, experienced medical teams and dedicated volunteers who will be stationed along the route to assist and cheer the participants. These partnerships highlight the spirit of Mumbai and collective efforts to preserve and promote the city's rich cultural heritage.
Come, join in and be part of this unique experience.
For more information, please visit https://indiannavymumbaiheritagerun.com
Date: Sunday, 06 August 2023
Venue: Ballard Pier, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001PIB Mumbai | NJ / DR
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President's Secretariat
President of India to Visit Chhattisgarh on November 5 and 6, 2017
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Chhattisgarh on November 5 and 6, 2017. This will be his first visit to the State after assuming office as President.
On November 5, 2017, the President will commence his engagements by paying tributes at Shahidi Smarak Sthal in Raipur. Later in the day, he will grace and address the Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava in Naya Raipur.
On November 6, 2017, the President will visit Guru Ghasidas Jaitkham and attend the Bhoomi Pujan for a Saamudayik Bhavan at Girodhpuri before returning to New Delhi.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Designation of Organisations/individuals as ‘Terrorist Organization’/ ‘Terrorist’ under the Unlawful Activities  Act, 1967 
Reinforcing the commitment of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to strengthen national security and combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, MHA under the guidance of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah declares one more individual and two organization as ‘Terrorist’/‘Terrorist Organization’
In furtherance to India’s Zero Tolerance policy towards terrorism, the Central Government amended the Unlawful Activities  Act  in August 2019 to include the provision of designating an individual as terrorist. Prior to this amendment, only organizations could be designated as terrorist organization.
By invoking the said amended provision, the Central Government had designated 53 individuals as terrorists.
Reinforcing the commitment of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to strengthen national security and combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, the Ministry of Home Affairs under the guidance of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah today declared one more individual and two organization as ‘Terrorist’/‘Terrorist Organization’.
One more individual -Harwinder Singh Sandhu@Rinda declared as terrorist today. He has been associated with terrorist organization Babbar Khalsa International  and is presently based in Lahore, Pakistan under the patronage of cross border agencies and has been found involved in various terrorist activities particularly in Punjab. With this declaration, now there are 54 designated terrorists in the IVth Schedule of UAPA.
The Central Government today also declared following two organization as terrorist organizations under the provisions of the UAPA:
- Khalistan Tiger Force : It is a militant outfit and it aims reviving terrorism in Punjab and challenges the territorial integrity, unity, national security and sovereignty of India and promotes various acts of terrorism, including targeted killings in Punjab.
- Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force : It has been found involved in infiltration bids, narcotics and weapon smuggling and carrying out terror attacks in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It draws its cadres from various terrorist organisations, such as Lashker-E-Taiba, Jaish-E-Mohammed, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul—Jehad-E-Islami etc.
With declaration of these two organisations as terrorist organization, there are now total 44 designated terrorist organizations under the Ist Schedule of the Act.
Department of Atomic Energy
Two gold, two silver and two bronze medals for Indian team at the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad at Chiba, Japan
: Mumbai, July 13, 2023
The six-member Indian team at the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad  2023 held at Chiba, Japan  secured 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals and finished 9th out of 112 countries.
This is the fourth time India secured a position in the top 10 . This is the fourth instance after 1998 , 2001  and 2012  of India securing at least 2 Gold medals at the IMO, informed Prof. Prithwijit De,. National Co-ordinator, Mathematical Olympiad.
Gold Medal winners are:
1. Mr. Atul Shatavart Nadig  --- 37 points out of 42
2. Mr. Arjun Gupta  --- 37 points out of 42
Silver Medal winners are:
1. Mr. Ananda Bhaduri  --- 29 points of 42
2. Mr. Siddharth Choppara  --- 29 points out of 42
Bronze Medal winner are:
1. Mr. Adhitya Mangudi Venkata Ganesh  --- 22 points out of 42 
2. Mr. Archit Manas ---  20 points out of 42 
The team was accompanied by Prithwijit De, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai , Sahil Mhaskar, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai , Anant Mudgal, University of California, USA  and Pranjal Srivastava, MIT, USA . Sahil represented India at IMO 2005, Anant represented India at IMO 2015, IMO 2016, IMO 2017, IMO 2018, and Pranjal represented India at IMO 2018, IMO 2019, IMO 2021, IMO 2022.
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education – TIFR is the nodal Centre for training and selecting the students for the International Olympiads . The final team is selected through various stages of the National Olympiad Examination conducted by HBCSE. 
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Ministry of Finance
Navi Mumbai CGST Commissionerate busts Input Tax Credit racket of more than Rs. 10 Crores
Arrests one businessman
Mumbai : 13 January 2022
Acting on the intelligence about the operation of a fake ITC racket , the Officers of Navi Mumbai CGST Commissionerate of Mumbai Zone have arrested a businessman who is the is proprietor of M/s Maharashtra Enterprises . The Central CGST department has busted yet another fake Input Tax Credit racket of 15 fake entities who had generated the fake ITC fraudulently to the tune of Rs 10.28 Crores.
The fraudsters had generated the fake ITC by issuing bogus invoices of metal scarp without any receipt or supply of goods of more than Rs 57 Crores. The network is spread in the cities of Mumbai, Aurangabad and Nasik
The firms is registered with GST for trading Ferrous Waste and Scrap; Remelting Scrap Ingots of Iron or Steel - Waste and Scrap of Cast Iron and was indulging in fraudulent availment and passing of Input Tax Credit  of Rs 5.17 Crores & Rs 5.11 Crores respectively without receiving the goods or services, in violation of the provisions of the CGST Act,2017.
The firm was availing fake ITC from the non-existing entities and passing on the same to other entities of this vicious network by defrauding the Exchequer of its rightful GST revenue and causing unhealthy competition with honest Taxpayers.
The accused was arrested today 13.01.2022 under Section 69 of CGST Act 2017 for contravention of Section 132 ibid and produced before the Hon’ble Judicial Magistrate First class, Vashi, who has remanded accused to 14 days judicial custody till 27.01.2022
This operation had been a part of large-scale operations launched by the CGST Mumbai Zone to stamp out the fake ITC networks which had been causing undue hardship to the honest taxpayers and defrauding the Government exchequer of its rightful taxes. Navi Mumbai Commissionerate had arrested two businessmen on 08.01.2022 of a Public Listed Company M/s Omnipotent Industries Limited which had been availing and passing on the Fake ITC generated by the fake entities to the tune of more than Rs 70 Crores by issuing bogus invoices of Rs 385 Crores. The department is going to intensify the drive against the fraudsters and tax evaders in the days to come.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion of Lohri
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted people on the occasion of Lohri.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Wishing you all a Happy Lohri.
I pray for everyone’s good health and well-being. May this special day further the spirit of brotherhood in our society."
Ministry of Defence
DRDO develops COVID-19 antibody detection kit
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences , a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation , has developed an antibody detection-based kit 'DIPCOVAN', the DIPAS-VDx COVID-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance. The DIPCOVAN kit can detect both spike as well as nucleocapsid  proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97 per cent and specificity of 99 per cent. The kit has been developed in association with Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, a development and manufacturing diagnostics company based at New Delhi.
The DIPCOVAN kit was developed indigenously by the scientists, followed by extensive validation on more than 1,000 patient samples at various COVID designated hospitals in Delhi. Three batches of the product were validated during last one year. The antibody detection kit is approved by Indian Council of Medical Research  in April 2021.
In May 2021, the product received the regulatory approval from the Drugs Controller General of India , Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to manufacture for sale and distribution.
DIPCOVAN is intended for the qualitative detection of IgG antibodies in human serum or plasma, targeting SARS-CoV-2 related antigens. It offers a significantly faster turn-around-time as it requires just 75 minutes to conduct the test without any cross reactivity with other diseases. The kit has a shelf life of 18 months.
Industry partner Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd will commercially launch the product during the first week of June 2021. Readily available stock at the time of launch will be 100 kits  with a production capacity of 500 kits/month after the launch. It is expected to be available at about Rs 75 per test.
The kit will be very useful for understanding COVID‐19 epidemiology and assessing an individual's previous SARS‐CoV‐2 exposure.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has appreciated the efforts of DRDO and the industry in developing the kit at the time of need.
Secretary Department of Defence R&D & Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy complimented the teams involved in developing the kit and said the initiative will help the people during the pandemic.
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
“Need to Connect People, Get them on to a Single Platform”: Environment Ministry
Ministry, FICCI Jointly Hold Interactive Session of Stakeholders in the Run-Up to World Enviornment Day 2018
Emphasising the need to build a movement to connect people and getting them on to a single platform in the run-up to World Environment Day 2018 celebrations, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri C.K Mishra, has said that the World Environment Day is an attempt is to reach out to a large number of people and is not merely a token celebration. Addressing an interactive stakeholders session, jointly hosted by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry  here today, Shri Mishra said that the knowledge sessions being held as a part of World Environment Day celebrations, are an attempt to know what suggestions do the people – including experts, industry, NGOs and civil society have in mind.
The interactive conversation with stakeholders included senior officers and officials of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, representatives from FICCI and United Nations Environment.
The Knowledge Sessions will comprise, among other things, 11 Thematic Areas including – air pollution in Indian cities – present status and future action; local green enterprises and their role in greening the economy; Himalayan ecosystem; sustainable urbanisation – resilient cities; CII & EU on plastic pollution; marine litter and integrated coastal zone management; the new plastic economy: eco-solutions for balancing economic and environmental sustainability; sustainable lifestyles towards enhancing resource efficiency and circular economy; launch of TERI’s consortium on waste proofing the future; corporate sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals ; Extended Producer Responsibility; sustainable urban landscapes and smart cities; galvanising finance for India’s development; Waste to Resource  and natural capital accounting/global nitrogen assessment. These sessions will be held from June 1-4, 2018.
An exhibition by various institutions/organisations will be put up in the back lawns of Vigyan Bhawan from June 2-5, 2018.
"Beat Plastic Pollution" is the theme of World Environment Day 2018 celebrations.
Ministry of Tourism
India Bags First Prize at The International ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019’ In ‘TV Cinema Spot’ Category at ITB, Berlin
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has won the First Prize in the category of TV Cinema Spot at the prestigious international Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019. The awards were received by Shri YogendraTripathi, Secretary,Tourism on 08th March 2019at ITB, Berlin being held from the 6th to 10th March 2019.
Following promotional films / television commercials produced by the Ministry as part of its Incredible India 2.0 Campaign received the awards:
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Yogi of the Racetrack
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The Reincarnation of Mr. and Mrs. Jones
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Sanctuary in Paris
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Maharani of Manhattan and
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The Masala Master Chef
The Golden City Gate Tourism Multi-media Awards are given annually in various categories related to the Tourism and Hospitality sectors. The ‘Golden City Gate’ is a creative multi-media international competition for countries, cities, regions and hotels. The entries received for the awards are judged by an international jury comprising film and tourism experts. The annual award ceremony takes place at ITB Berlin, the world’s leading tourism trade show.
The Ministry of Tourism has launched the Incredible India 2.0 Campaign in September 2017. The 2.0 Campaign marks a shift from generic promotions across the world to market specific promotional plans and content creation. Thematic creatives on different Niche tourism products have been produced and are being used in the Campaign, to cater to diverse consumer interests.These include the above Television Commercials on Yoga, Wellness, Wildlife, Luxury and Cuisine, which have been very well received the world over, registering about 155 million views on social media. The commercials have been produced in English with voice overs in 9 international languages, viz. German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Historic Partnership: ISLRTC and NIOS Join Forces to Revolutionize Deaf Education with Indian Sign Language on 3rd Year of NEP 2020 Celebrations
ISLRTC sign MOU with NIOS to share expertise and resources, as well as co-develop quality learning resources in Indian Sign Language on 29th July 2023 on the occasion of 3rd year of NEP 2020 celebrations and 2nd Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sangam at ITPO, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
In view of the directions of the Sh. Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, DEPwD and Prof. Saroj Sharma, Chairperson, NIOS , ISLRTC and NIOS has planned to work together in many areas such as designing and developing a process of review of learning content in Indian sign language, developing a smooth process for examination and evaluation of deaf and hard of hearing , share expertise and resources of the ISLRTC for Standardization process of Indian Sign Language in selected areas etc.
NIOS introduced ISL as a language subject at the secondary level in 2021 and ISLRTC has been contributed to their examination and evaluation of children with hearing impairment. NIOS is working on introducing ISL as a language subject at Senior secondary level also and faculty of ISLRTC is contributing in reviewing and writing the content for the same.
Further NIOS wanted to collaborate with ISLRTC for sharing expertise and resources in ISL content development, especially in STEM subjects, and also for the purpose of training, promotion, evaluation and standardization process of ISL.
In view of the direction of Sh. Rajesh Yadav Joint Secretary DEPwD and Chairperson Executive Council of ISLRTC and to finalise the MOU, a meeting has been conducted by Sh. Mrityunjay Jha Director ISLRTC and Deputy Secretary DEPwD with officials of NIOS regarding the potential area of collaboration between ISLRTC and NIOS on 18.07.2023 and finalised the MOU. Points related to reviewing the content in ISL and examination methodology have been discussed in the meeting.
In the presence of the Minister of State  Smt. Annapurna Devi, Dr. Subhas Sarkarand, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh MOU has been signed by ISLRTC and NIOS on 29.07.2023 at ITPO, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation  launches “Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0”- A District Outreach Program for expanding its presence in more than 685 districts of the country
District Outreach Program aims to strengthen the relationship between the organization and its stakeholders
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation launched a massive district outreach program in all the districts of the country through a revamped Nidhi Aapke Nikat program. The aim of this program is to reach all the districts of the country on the same day i.e. 27th of every month. EPFO organized camps in 685 districts of the country, today.
The program was e-launched by Ms Arti Ahuja,Secretary  from the EPFO Headquarters, in the presence of Central Provident Fund Commissioner  and officers of EPFO. The event was attended online by more than 850 participants including members of Parliament, members of Legislative Assemblies, CBT Members, Regional Committee members, District Collectors, officials from state and district administration, representatives from industrial bodies and officers from the field offices.
Secretary  congratulated EPFO for such extensive outreach initiative and suggested that it should be emulated by departments in the ministry. CPFC referred the initiative as the new face of service delivery which would go a long way in strengthening the relationship between the organization and its stakeholders.
In the event, Secretary,  and CPFC interacted with the participants to learn about their views and experiences. Shri P.J Banasure  joined the event from Jalgaon and expressed his views. Mrs Anuradha Gupta, District Magistrate  lauded the initiative taken by EPFO and said that this outreach program would help in increasing awareness about EPFO in Samba District, which is also an industrial hub in Jammu.On a similar note, Shri C.R Khampa, Deputy Commissioner  appreciated the outreach initiative and said that increasing the number of officers in the area would improve outreach of EPFO. Shri Bharatesh Boke, Secretary, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Regional Committee Member congratulated EPFO on the launch of Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0. Mrs. Dipti Bora, Regional Committee Member from Nagaon also appreciated the initiative. Shri Jagdambika Pal  joined the camp at Siddharth Nagar . Shri Govind Lele  also joined the event from Satara District. The camps continued for the whole day and were visited by many dignitaries apart from employers & employees .
Additional CPFC , Shri R.K Singh expressed his gratitude to CPFC for her vision and efforts of officials of EPFO and participants. He concluded the e– launch event with vote of thanks.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
India reports less than 1 Lakh Daily New Cases after 63 days
86,498 new cases reported in last 24 hours; lowest in 66 days
India's Active Caseload further declines to 13,03,702
Active Cases decrease by 97,907in last 24 hours
2,73,41,462total Recoveries across the country so far.
1,82,282patients recovered during last 24 hours.
Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 26th consecutive day
Recovery Rate increases to 94.29%
Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 5.94%
Daily positivity rate at 4.62%, less than 10% for 15 consecutive days.
Testing capacity substantially ramped up–36.8cr tests total conducted
23.61 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive